Caltrans makes good, puts up signs in Muir Beach aimed at slow pokes

Gerald Pearlman, of Muir Beach, photographed on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, near Muir Beach. Frustrated by Caltrans inaction, Pearlman put up three of his own signs along Highway 1 to get people to use pullouts. (IJ photo/Robert Tong)
Robert Tong

Caltrans has erected a pair of traffic signs along Highway 1 into Muir Beach that direct slow drivers to pull over.

Residents of the small community have asked for the signs for years, frustrated getting stuck behind slow-moving cars. The problem worsens on summer weekends, when tourists mob the area as they go to Muir Woods, Stinson Beach and other destinations.

Tired of waiting for Caltrans, resident Gerry Pearlman even put up his own signs, which the agency then took down.

But in the past few weeks, the official Caltrans signs did go up.

"It's good to see them up finally," Pearlman said. "I just don't know why it had to take them two years."